Stories

Last week I went to Hospital for a face to face interview with Urologist. Originally the interview was for a Zoom interview so I wondered why it was changed to...

My initial PSA was 13.67. I wanted surgery to remove my prostate. I was told by the urologist that they did not do surgery on a 71-year-old. Biopsy results were...

Any advice or guidance from those who have or are dealing with anything similar will be much appreciated. As you will see I am very candid in my communication, so...

In June of 2016, my yearly bloodwork showed a jump in PSA score from 1.5 to 6.4. My primary doctor gave me two weeks of antibiotics to rule out infection...

Well, here we are some more, knew the cancer is there with Gleason scores of 7-10 on biopsies in April. So first of may follow-up doc says let's do a...

I’m about to walk over to a radiology facility to pick up the pathology reports from scans I had a week ago. My urologist has the reports but hasn’t called...

I'm soon to be 64 years old. Two weeks ago had my prostate removed. Due to complications in surgery (my lower bowel was nicked) I was a little longer in...

2019..June..PSA 5.5..DRE 2019..Aug..Urologist Appointment..DRE 2019..Oct..Prostate Biopsy..which ,apart from scientific/Gleason 3+3 and 4+3, gave me UTI which lasted for 6 weeks of savage pain. Various MRI and forms of investigation followed...

My second PSA test for prostate cancer on my sixtieth birthday. “I’m sorry I have bad news” you have aggressive cancer and it’s outside the prostate. I’ve been a paramedic...

What is NEPC? NEPC is a small cell of prostate cancer. A different type from “normal” adenocarcinoma prostate cancer. It is more lethal. Where does NEPC come from? Under survival...

I was too embarrassed to disclose this to anyone for a while. I did tell my girlfriend and she thought my not believing in God, that this was my punishment...

Prior to meeting my Medical Oncologist, my wife and I met with the PA. After the pleasantries, she says: "Sorry that you have Stage 4 Prostate Cancer. My wife and...

Lots of significant cancer in my immediate family: colon, and breast. Never expected prostate cancer - had heard little about it. Actually didn’t believe when I got first results: PSA...

Living with ADT-modulated prostate cancer has changed virtually every aspect of my life, but with time it has become the new “normal.” Making love to my wife was often normal...

I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in February 2020. If Covid wasn't enough to worry about! It was determined that my disease was aggressive with a Gleason score of 9...

My father had prostate cancer (late in life). My older brother was diagnosed at age 52, had a radical prostatectomy, and has been healthy at age 80. He has four...

As usual my urologist asked me to undergo biopsy when my PSA increased to 29. Interesting thing is that this biopsy, PSA, etc were new words for me. Three days...

I was in my mid-50s when I got the diagnosis. I failed an insurance physical because of having a PSA of 4.4. Not really high but over the normal level...

Diagnosed in March of 2005. A da Vinci robotic surgery removed my prostate That month. My Gleason score was 4. A year later, I received 28 IMRT radiation treatments. Save...

Had a pain in my groin. Doc says get an ultrasound on testicles. That led me to a urologist. DRE was suspicious even though my PSA had little change and...